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Collapsed limestone caves and tidal seawater mangrove swamps provide a perfect home for herons, tropical frogs, and many species of fish.
He would cut into the belly of one, at the kitchen sink, Mother squabbling in the background, and he'd be up to his elbows in silver, blood shining from the knife, the room smelling of sweat, boots, coffee, smoke, and though I'd been at home, in bed the whole time, I could see the Puyallup River, the herons rising, cattails and redwing blackbirds with their bottlebrush shapes and streaks of color, from shore to shore a thick fog, but rolling up and off like smoke, a reel singing as the steelhead ran with the line, the hurry, the thrash and splashing, feet stumbling along the shore to keep up, to keep the line from getting cut.
The native herons, ducks, and moorhens see many species of migratory birds who fly north for the summer and return south as winter approaches.
About 24 km (15 miles) west of Puerto Escondido is Laguna Manialtepec, a deep lagoon, thick with vegetation and brimming with tropical birds, including the ibis, a variety of herons, parrots, egrets, and several species of ducks.
Both are notable for the variety of species and the abundance of herons and white pelicans.